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1. Change the default Picture Style from Auto to Neutral While the Auto preset might produce a better photo in the moment, it will take away important information and details from your photo that will hurt the editing process. Setting your Picture Style to Neutral will produce a nice flat image that is far better for editing.
2. Get ‘Cinema Mark III’ by EOSHD in the 5D Mark III Settings Vault. I’ve created a section of the site for recommended 5D Mark III settings, including the all important picture profile settings that I personally shoot with.

1. Settings For Canon 80d

With a Canon EOS 80D in my hands, the first task is to setup the camera for my use. Following are the 32 steps I took to make an out-of-the-box 80D ready for use.

Canon 80D, Setup for Wildlife Photography. Your own preferences may differ according to your choice of subject matter and your own shooting style. I always choose Release on any of my Canon dslr bodies, for the “Ai Servo 1st image priority”. I keep my 80D set at 0: Stops at AF area edges – which means that if I am.

1. Open the box, find the battery and charger and plug it in. If you have another charged LP-E6/LP-E6N battery available, you can continue to the battery-required steps without a wait.
2. While the battery is charging, unpack the other items you want from the box. This is also a good time to grip the camera, taking in the new-camera grippyness that is right up there with new car smell.
3. Download and install the latest Canon EOS Solution Disk software on your computer to get support for the latest camera(s). Canon Digital Photo Pro (DPP), EOS Utility, Photostitch and Lens Registration Utility are the options I manually include in the install.
4. Attach the neck strap.
5. Insert the battery (after charging completes).
6. Power the camera on.
7. The date and time setup screen will show at startup the first time. Use the Rear Control dial and the Set button to update this information.
8. Insert a memory card (don't forget to format the card via the tools menu option before taking pictures).
9. Set the camera's mode to one other than fully auto (the GreenSquare A+ mode only provides a small subset of available menu options), C1, C2 or C3 (Custom modes do not retain settings for use in other modes).
10. Scroll through all of the menu tabs to configure the cameras as follows:
11. Shooting Menu, Tab 1: Image quality: Use top dial to set RAW to 'RAW' and Rear Control dial to set JPEG to '–'
12. Shooting Menu, Tab 1: Image review: 4 sec.
13. Shooting Menu, Tab 1: Beep: Disable
14. Shooting Menu, Tab 1: Release without card: Disable/off
15. Shooting Menu, Tab 1: Lens aberration correction: All disabled (though I suggest leaving CA correction enabled for most uses – all can be applied in DPP)
16. Shooting Menu, Tab 2: ISO Speed Settings: ISO Speed range: 100-H(25600), Auto ISO Speed range: 100-6400
17. Shooting Menu, Tab 2: Auto Lighting Optimizer: Off
18. Shooting Menu, Tab 2: White balance: AWB-W (Auto: White priority)
19. Shooting Menu, Tab 3: Picture Style: Neutral with Sharpness Strength set to '1' (Note: the low contrast 'Neutral' picture style provides a histogram on the back of the camera that most-accurately shows me blown highlights and blocked shadows on the camera LCD. I usually change the Picture Style to 'Standard' in DPP after capture.)
20. Shooting Menu, Tab 3: Long exposure noise reduction: I usually have this option set to 'Auto', but my choice varies for the situation.
21. Shooting Menu, Tab 3: High ISO speed noise reduction: Off (noise reduction is destructive to images details – I prefer to add NR sparingly in post)
22. Shooting Menu, Tab 5: Grid display: 3x3
23. Playback Menu, Tab 3: Highlight alert: Enable (flash portions of images that are overexposed)
24. Playback Menu, Tab 3: Playback grid: 3x3
25. Playback Menu, Tab 3: Histogram disp: RGB (I want to monitor all three color channels for blown or blocked pixels)
26. Tools Menu, Tab 1: Auto rotate: On/Computer only (this provides the largest playback image size on the camera LCD)
27. Tools Menu, Tab 2: Viewfinder display: Viewfinder level: Show, VF grid display: Show, Flicker detection: Show
28. Tools Menu, Tab 4: Custom shooting mode (C1-C3): Auto update set: Enable (see also: Configuring Custom Shooting Modes)
29. Custom Functions: C.Fn II:Autofocus: AI servo 1st image priority: Focus
30. Custom Functions: C.Fn II:Autofocus: AI servo 2nd image priority: Focus
31. Custom Functions: C.Fn II:Autofocus: Orientation linked AF point: Separate AF pts: Pt only
32. My Menu: Add the first tab; Register the following options for Tab 1: Long exposure noise reduction, Mirror lockup, Format card, Date/Time/Zone (great for monitoring what time it is), Sensor cleaning, Expo.comp./AEB (back up near the top of the list)

I of course make other menu and setting changes based on current shooting scenarios, but this list covers my initial camera setup process.
To copy this configuration would mean that you intend to shoot similar to how I shoot – including shooting in RAW-only format. While my setup works great for me, your best use of this list may be for tweaking your own setup.
If you can't remember your own menu setup parameters, keeping an up-to-date list such as this one is a good idea. Anytime your camera goes in for a service visit, the camera will be returned in a reset-to-factory state (unless you request otherwise). Your list will ensure that you do not miss an important setting when putting the camera back into service.
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Canon EOS 80D

Your EOS 80D lets you play around a little with color, sharpness, contrast, and exposure in certain scene modes. The Shoot by Ambience mode can be fun for a little experimentation.

The Picture Style feature enables you to choose how the camera “processes” your original picture data when you use one of the JPEG Image Quality settings. You can choose the Landscape Picture Style for bold, sharp colors, for example, or select Portrait to give skin a warm, soft look. (Yes, the camera offers Landscape and Portrait exposure modes and Landscape and Portrait Picture Styles. Not exactly the most straightforward options.)

You can control Picture Styles only in the advanced exposure modes, however — that option is off-limits in the other modes. But as compensation, the scene modes (except HDR Backlight Control) and Creative Auto mode give you Shoot by Ambience, which lets you accomplish results similar to those that you could achieve by using Picture Styles. You also get two Shoot by Ambience settings that enable you to achieve exposure adjustments similar to what you can produce with Exposure Compensation, another feature that’s available only in the advanced exposure modes.

Here’s a description of each Shoot by Ambience setting (note that Vivid, Soft, Warm, Intense, and Cool are not available when shooting Food or Candlelight scenes):

• Standard: Consider this the “off” setting. When you select this option, the camera makes no adjustment to the characteristics normally produced by your selected scene mode.
• Vivid: Increases contrast, color saturation, and sharpness.
• Soft: Creates the appearance of slightly softer focus.
• Warm: Warms colors and slightly softens focus.
• Intense: Boosts contrast and color saturation even more than the Vivid setting. Also results in a slightly darker overall exposure.
• Cool: Adds a cool color cast and slightly darkens the exposure.
• Brighter: Lightens the photo.
• Darker: Darkens the photo.
• Monochrome: Creates a black-and-white photo, with an optional color tint.

Jai shree krishna bal leela. All adjustments are applied in addition to whatever adjustments occur by virtue of your selected scene mode. For example, Landscape mode already produces slightly sharper, more vivid colors than normal. If you add the Vivid Shoot by Ambience option, you amp things up another notch.

In addition, you can control the amount of the adjustment through a related setting, Effect. You can choose from three Effect levels — Low, Standard, and Strong; or Low, Medium, and High, depending on the Shoot by Ambience setting. For the Monochrome setting, the Effect setting enables you to switch from a black-and-white image to a monochrome image with a warm (sepia) or cool (blue) tint.

Although the color effects are entertaining, you’ll likely get more use out of the Brighter and Darker settings, as they give you a way to overrule the camera’s exposure decisions.

When you’re ready to try the Shoot by Ambience option, here’s the fastest way to adjust the setting:

1. Display the Quick Settings screen and use the Multi-controller to select the Shoot by Ambience setting.
2. Rotate the Main dial to cycle through the available settings.
   As soon as you shift from the Standard setting to one of the other settings, the Effect option appears, as shown on the right.
3. Use the Multi-controller to select the Effect setting and then rotate the Main dial to set the level of the adjustment.
   Or, if you’re using the Monochrome setting, you can choose a regular black-and-white photo, a sepia tone, or a blue-and-white tint.

Settings For Canon 80d

You also can go the touchscreen route, but things work a little differently (and in fact take a little longer than just using the steps provided here). After you tap the Shoot by Ambience setting, you access a screen showing all the possible options; make your choice and then press the Return arrow to return to the Quick Settings screen. Then tap the Effects option, and tap the vertical bars to adjust the level of the adjustment. Tap the Return arrow again or press the Q button to exit the Quick Settings screen.